This review discusses the role of ayurveda in alleviating urinary symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia, suggesting herbal alternatives.
Introduction- Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) is a pathological condition of men aged over 50 years and it is associated with the bladder outlet syndrome like reduced urine flow, increased frequency of urination, urgency, nocturnal urination, straining to pass urine, bladder incomplete evacuation. In Ayurveda, Vatasthila and Mutragranthi are conditions cited under Mutraghata which resembles something akin to obstructive uropathy secondary to BPH. In contemporary medicine, the management of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is done either surgically or by hormonal treatment and the use of alpha blockers, etc., which are overlaid by many complications. Hence, there is an appeal to improve herbal medicine to treat BPH. Materials and Methods: This work was carried out through PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar from where data was obtained employing a planned and wide-ranging data mining approach. The author achieved desired results using the keywords “role of Ayurveda in BPH” and “BPH Ayurvedic management.” Results: A set of systematically analyzed commonly prescribed drugs was used in the identifiable people of the study sample. Conclusion: The use of Varuna, punarnawa, gokshura and complex formulations such as Kanchanara Guggulu, Chandraprabha Vati, Vridhivadhika Vati and Dashmool Kwath have appreciable effect in BPH..
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